I would hardly call the mute system an impairment of one's perspective of reality. To put this in perspective, browsing through the forums, one will often see impersonators, posts littered with ill-informed opinions, or posts so obviously created to spark controversy and hate that, at points, they overwhelm what many would consider to be topics of actual discussion value. I would not want to have to read that particular user's post regardless of the existence of a mute system. If the user in question repeatedly creates posts of such a nature conforming to the aforementioned commonalities in the paragraph above, I see no reason why I should waste my time reading their posts when they have not demonstrated that they can post anything I would want to read. The mute system works, and combined with the revamped moderation system, offensive or inappropriate content on both a personal and global level is effectively dealt with.